Article carrier



Nov. 21, 19(44. 4C, 1 ANCHQR 2,363,276

ARTICLE CARRIER Filed Feb. 19, 1944 PHlIllIIlI-.IIIIIIIIV w Lili . I l. l Zag/Zes web RU f engage the s-hells at points of `small area.

provision of a shell carrier engaged with the hot shells when in a horizontal position and which will bring in full engagement with Patented Nov. 21, 1944 .American Ca/r and i York, NAZ.,y

"Foundry AvCompany, rNew a corporation of New J erseyA applicati-pil 'February 19, 11944, fseiialNu. 523,166 y A (o1. zei- 67) This invention relates to .article `carriers/in general and lin particulary to carriers orhotshells during .heat treat.

In. order that shells will mentation upon explosion, theyhe properly heat treated; iTo `obtainproper ,give .the proper-'frag'- heat treat, .it is, .of .course ,'neces'sary that; the

interior and exterior ysurface .of the he fully and .equally cooled at .thesame .rate. Shells have generally been heat treatedinthe pastflbiafml v v t t l.substantially 4a .three-.quarter annlilus and is .slidingthem `into .the oil .tanks on roller conlveyers, Vthen .lifting them `out bymeans `of con -veyer elevators, but `with suchten arrangement the shell surfaces .are not equally fcooled since it is necessary Lthajt` 5 parts `are -in Contact with fthe'rollers .of the cm1-i..

yvcyer or slide and .also in `contact withfeach other. Also, oil 'or fother lcooling (medium can .not properly be lplaced inside the shell. It :fis :an object, therefore, :of the present invention toipro-r vide a' carrier for hot shells, which ,1a yminimum numberwof .A further object of the :invention is theprovi- :sion of a carrier lwhich may Lbe .readily engaged y.shell rconveyer andcfor the quenching tanks.

A still urther fobjeict' v.of

:transporting .the shellflto the'invention'is the which may be readily the shells autolformedr with` lugs 20.

intermediate portion-s of the straps are tied tge'theriloy cross ties Al0 and 1'2 theflatter being placed in 'siichfa position ast'o prevent accidentalm'ovement 'oi the 'shell out of the carrier. The vlf'njw'efr'rr'1ein`yltle'r ofl the 'carrier ismade--up `of bars Hl mounted :at th'e'ir'upper IJend on *pivot pins 8" and `'connected together adjacent their lower ends 'byla'ring lli.,I AThe `bars are also c'onf nected together .adjacent the pivot pins by means .oan Qpensided annulusr IB. vThis is formed as y A vThese lugs, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, are .spaced .approximately-Lone hundred and twentydegrees lapart .and iare relatively :small so as .to Vgive .a .small yarea of Vcontact v .withgtheoody of'thesheii. The sneu sis ,suomi :carrier :wi-lll? j A2li .with .the .shell :for lifting fthe shell aoi :of ftheirhot i overshot the .end of the conveyer.

matically to an upright nose down position for transport to the carrier tanks.

These and other objects of the invention will be yapparent to persons skilled in the art from a study of the following'description and accompanying drawings, in which Fig: 1 is an elevational view of the carrier a shell on the conveyer;

the carrier; the carrier;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 3 is an end view of i Fig. 4 is a view simmer to Fig. 1 but showing the manner in which thecarrier may be engaged with the shell, and

. Fig. 5 is a View showing the shell lifter when the shell nose is resting on the lloor. Referring now to the drawing in detail, it will be seen thatthe carrier is made of two main parts, namely, atop member A and a bottom member B. The top member-is formed with two straps'2,'connected together at their top by a cross member 4, to which is connected a hoist receiving loop 6. The opposite or lower ends of the straps are provided with pivot pins 8, while the entire surfaces.

as vsupported .on rollers R of the .-.hotvvshell conveyer C., .which .conyeyer supports .the .hot-shells .as they "leave rthezl'if-iating furnaces. l

.As jshownin Fig. 4, `the :carrier in engaging `the V.shell may be pushed or from the tull ,line

vposition :to the lin-e and dash `position. This .may

be .easilyv done since the zbottom :member lwill rest on the fiioor F such apositionthat the .pivot -8 land 'bars I4-a-re :substantially in the horiy,zontal plane lthrough :the -axis'fof ,thee-hell.` The carrier may thus 'bereadily kicked `lcir pushed intoiengagement with the shell and 'without Amalisturbing :the shell :as :rests leitherion the nonveyer or upon the floor plate F in case it has With the carrier in the line and dash position the hoist will be operated, pulling up on straps 2 and bringing the shell to an upright position, since the pivot 8 will be between the center of gravity of the shell and the base. With the shell in the vertical position'as shown in Fig. 5 it may be ylowered into the tanks containing the cooling medium andthe cooling medium may be freely circulated both onto the inside and outside surfaces of the shell and will contact substantially It will be seen that the only areas which the cooling medium can not freely `contact are those small lugs 20 and the small areaof contact of ring I6 with the nose of the shell. If for any reason the shell should be lowered onto the lloor,

Vmovement between the top and vas shown in Fig. 5, the carrier could not be disengaged from the shell or the shell tip out of the carrier, for the cross bar I2 would engage the base oi the shell as shownand prevent pivoting bottom members. While the construction has been described more reference to the areas partially blanked byends, a bottom drawing, it will be obvious that various modifications and rearrangements of parts may be made and all such modifications and rearrangements of parts are contemplated as fall within the scope of the appended claims defining my invention.

What is claimed is:

1. Inma shell lifter the combination of a top member adapted to be connected to a hoist, said top member including spaced straps and pivot pins carried by the straps adjacent their lower mounted adjacent their upper ends on said pivot pins, a ring connecting said bars together adjacent their lower ends and adapted to receive the nose portion of a shell, and a substantially three quarter annulus connecting said bars together adjacent said pivot pins and adapted to engage the shell body intermediate the nose and base portions.

2. In a shell lifter the combination of a top member adapted to be connected to a hoist, said top member including spaced straps and pivot pins carried by the straps adjacent their lower ends, a bottom member including spaced bars mounted adjacent. their upper ends on said pivot pins, a ring connecting said bars together adjacent their lower ends and adapted to receive the nose portion of a shell, and a. substantially threequarter annulus connecting said bars together,

adjacent said pivot pins and adapted to engage the shell body intermediate the nose and base portions, said three quarter annulus being formed with lugs contacting the shell body at three substantially equally spaced points.

3. In a shell lifter the combination of a top member adapted to be connected to a hoist, said top member including spaced straps and pivot pins carried by the straps. adjacent their lower member including spaced bars ends, a bottom member including spaced bars.v

quarter annulus connecting said bars together admounted adjacent their upper ends on said pivot pins, a ring connecting said bars together adjacent their lower ends and adapted to receive the nose portion of a shell, an open sided annulus connecting said bars together adjacent said pivot pins, and lugs formed on the inner side of said open sided annulus and adapted to engage the body of the shell at spaced points.

4. In a shell lifter the combination of a top member` adapted to be connected to a hoist, said top member including spaced straps and pivot pins carried by the straps adjacent their lower ends, a bottom member including spaced bars mounted adjacent their upper ends on said pivot pins, a ring connecting said bars together adjacent their lower ends and adapted to receive the nose portion of shell, an open sided annulus connecting said bars together adjacent said pivot pins, and three lugs formed on the inner side of said open sided annulus, said lugs being spaced substantially degrees apart whereby they may engage the body of the shell at spaced points and with small areas of contact.

5. In a lifter for immersing hot shells in a cooling medium the combination of, a top member adapted to be connected to a, hoist, said top member including spaced straps and pivot pins carried by the straps adjacent their lower ends, a bottom member including spaced bars mounted adjacent their upper ends on said pivot pins, a ring connecting said bars together adjacent their lower ends and adapted to receive the nose portion of a shell, a substantially three quarter annulus connecting said bars together adjacent said pivot pins, and spaced lugs formed on said annulus and adapted to engage the body of the shell to lift the same, said lugs and ring contacting the shell in small areas of contact whereby the cooling medium may contact substantially the entire shell area.

6. In a shell lifter the combination of a top member adapted to be connected to a hoist, said top member including spaced straps and pivot pins carried by the straps adjacent their lower ends, a bottom member including spaced bars mounted adjacent their upper ends on said pivot pins, a ring connecting said bars together adjacent their lower ends and adapted to receive the nose portion of a shell, and a substantially three jacent said pivot pins adapted to engage the shell body intermediate the nose and base portions, and means connecting said spaced straps adjacent said pivot pins and so arranged as to be engageable with the shell base to `prevent accidental movement of the carrier out of engagement With the shell.

CHARLES J. ANCHOR. 

